Materials Handling and Storage

Nobody wants to be in an accident on the job. This is why you need to be aware and take the proper precautions when performing your job functions each day. But there are a large number of people who forget to safely move, handle and store materials they work with every day, because the task may seem ordinary to them, not something they really need to be concerned with. In spite of this perception, or perhaps because of it, there are hundreds of thousands of materials handling accidents every year, ranging from small splinters, cuts or scrapes, to crushed fingers, hands and feet and even deaths. Ideal learners are all employees.

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Learning Objectives

Identify the potential hazards of handling and storing materials.
Recall methods of injury prevention.
Know how to properly move, handle and store materials.

Identify the types of materials-handling equipment and how to use them, such as cranes and powered industrial trucks.
Know basic ergonomic safety and health principles.

Course Outline

1. Introduction
1. Welcome
2. Overview
3. Learning Objectives
2. Potential Hazards
1. Potential Hazards
2. Injury Risks
3. Types of Injuries
4. Minimizing Accidents
5. Knowledge Check: Back Injuries
6. Knowledge Check: Minimizing Accidents
3. Moving, Handling and Storing Materials
1. Moving and Handling Materials
2. Safe Moving and Handling
3. Mechanically Moving Materials
4. Storing Materials – Lumber, Bricks, Bags and Boxes
5. Storing Materials – Drums, Barrels and Kegs
6. Storing Materials – Stacking Guidelines
7. Learning Activity: Stacking
4. Conveyors
1. Conveyors
2. Conveyor Safety
3. Conveyor Safety, continued
4. Knowledge Check: Conveyors

5. Cranes and Slings
1. Cranes
2. Using Cranes
3. Using Cranes, continued
4. Crane Inspection
5. Knowledge Check: Crane Inspection
6. Slings
7. Sling Use
8. Knowledge Check: Slings
6. Safety and Health
1. Ergonomic Safety and Health Principles
2. Ergonomic Safety and Materials Handling
3. Aisles and Passageways
4. Knowledge Check: Ergonomics
7. Conclusion
1. Conclusion